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Image of the the Day - Gallery

Image of the the Day - Gallery

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2016 April 15 Mercury and Crescent Moon Set Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro (TWAN, Dark Sky Alqueva) Explanation: Innermost planet Mercury and a thin crescent Moon are never found far from the Sun in planet Earth's skies. Tomorrow's picture: Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important NoticesA service of:ASD at NASA / GSFC& Michigan Tech.

Sunset Glow in Orion The magnificent reflection nebula NGC 2023 lies nearly 1500 light-years from Earth. It is located within the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), in a prestigious area of the sky close to the well-known Flame and Horsehead Nebulae. The entire structure of NGC 2023 is vast, at four light-years across. NGC 2023 surrounds a massive young B-type star. Stars are forming from the material comprising NGC 2023. This picture was created from multiple images taken with the Wide Field Camera of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Credit: About the Image About the Object Colours & filters Also see our

Saturn's Moons Saturn's Moons The dozens of icy moons orbiting Saturn vary drastically in shape, size, surface age and origin. Some of these worlds have hard, rough surfaces, while others are porous bodies coated in a fine blanket of icy particles. All have greater or smaller numbers of craters, and many have ridges and valleys. To date, 53 moons have been officially named. Astronomers continue to find new small moons orbiting Saturn, using both ground-based observatories and Cassini's own imaging cameras. For more information on the latest moons discovered visit the Recent Discoveries page and the Icy Satellites publications listing. Diversity of Worlds The moons of Saturn are a diverse collection. In some ways, the moons Titan and Enceladus have turned out to be the stars of the Cassini mission.

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula.

Free Stock Photos, Free Images Stellarium A Pulsar and Its Mysterious Tail Beautiful Black and White Photos of Betty Brosmer - The Girl with the Impossible Waist Betty Brosmer was one of those models and was actually the highest paid model of the 1950s. Before she was 20, she had already won over 50 beauty contests. Throughout the decade she would appear on over 300 magazine covers. (Photos © Betty Brosmer, via Messy Nessy Chic) Astronomy Picture of the Day Pictures Free Download Wallpaper Videos See the universe come to life via animations, scientific visualizations, expert commentary, and more. IMAGE Spacecraft Pictures Aurora From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles. The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the aurora australis (southern lights) on September 11, 2005, four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma—an ionized gas of protons and electrons—flying towards the Earth. The ring of light that the solar storm generated over Antarctica glows green in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, shown in this image. The IMAGE observations of the aurora are overlaid onto NASA’s satellite-based Blue Marble image. Like all solar storms, the September storm distorted the shape of the magnetic field that surrounds the Earth. Though scientists knew that the aurora were caused by charged particles from the Sun and their interaction with the Earth’s magnetic field, they had no way to measure the interaction until NASA launched the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite in 2000. Image courtesy NASA Instrument(s):

accueil «Les Nouveaux Constructeurs», solo exhibition Galerie RX, Paris March 16 - April 25, 2019 Stéphane Couturier, solo exhibition Musée National Fernand Léger - Biot (France) October 6, 2018 - March 4, 2019 Extension until april 29, 2019 « Connectivités », Half permanent Exhibition MUCEM – Marseille November 29, 2017 - December 30, 2020 Sète #18 ImageSingulières Editions Le Bec en l’Air Editions Xavier Barral, Paris « Stéphane Couturier » 200 pages, 25 x 28 cm Festival ImageSingulières, photographic commission - Sète (France) 2017Musée de la Photographie - Charleroi, Belgium Galerie Kornfeld - « So far So close » - Berlin Artothèque - « Alger, Climat de France » - Caen, France ArTsenal, centre départemental d’art contemporain - Rétrospéctive - Dreux, FranceLa Galerie Particulière - «Alger la Blanche» - Bruxelles Musée Nicéphore-Niépce - Chalon-sur-Saône - « Alger, Climat de France » La Galerie Particulière - Paris - « Anaklasis » Paris Photo, Galerie Particulière Booth - Grand Palais, Paris

The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011 Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. Click any of the pictures below to be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken.

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